1.

An archer is trying to shoot an arrow over a concrete wall standing 40m tall and
50m away from the archer. If the launch angle of the arrow is 60 degrees, find
the minimum velocity such that the arrow would clear the concrete wall.
highlight to see Hint: split the x and y axis

2. The mass of Jupiter is 1.898 * 18^27 kg, and Jupiter's radius is approximately
6.99 * 10^7 m. If a rocket is launching off the surface of Jupiter, what is the
minimum velocity needed to escape the gravitational pull of Jupiter?
Hint: Conservation of Energy

3. Suppose that, while lying on a beach near the equator watching the Sun set
over a calm ocean, you start a stopwatch just as the top of the Sun disappears.
You then stand, elevating your eyes by a height H " 1.70 m, and stop the watch
when the top of the Sun again disappears. If the elapsed time is t " 11.1 s, what
is the radius r of Earth? (HRK)
Hint: consider the Sun to be stationary and the Earth be rotating on its
axis.

4. If a car has negative velocity but positive acceleration, is the speed decreasing,
increasing, or staying the same?

5. You are pulling a block of mass 10kg on a frictionless floor using a rope. The
force you are applying is 50N. Your friend is pulling another block of mass 10kg
on the same floor, but the force they are applying is 100N. If the block has the
same acceleration, what must the angle be between the floor and your friend's
rope?

Answers on next page (they do not have solutions):

Do not be surprised if there is a slight error due to rounding for questions 1, 2, 3.
1. 32.76 m/s

Exact answer:

2. 5.95 x 104 m/s

3. 5.92 x 106 m
4. Decreasing
5. 60 degrees